The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-07-16
GaIvesson Threasened.


n O, Chronicle.
Our Galveston neighbors who have lately
INDUCED in high hopes over prospective
aYalanch Of business from Kansas City are
threatened with chilling blight They have
fOndly imagined that their island city, so
often desolated by storm water and approach
ed by channel Distracted by sand bars, was
9, place rs big as New Orleans In Its ability
to grasp the enormous trade of the West
OF course we of New Orleans have smiled
at the efforts of Galveston TO keep her eOur-
age up, and have taken little stock In the
OveF-Fated prospects of the Texas Town The
intermediate city Of Lake Charles has been
overlooked In their exnbeEant calculations,
and q startled commercial world is brought
face 10 face with a gigantic corporation,
which proposes to build q road, az straight
as q needle on . compass due North and
South between Kansas City and Lake Charles
The Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Rail
way, domieiled In Calcasieu, and proposing
10 issue capital stock Of o., 900. coo III shares
q slV0 each, promises 20 run q line Of road
through Western Louisiana, AFEansas and
Missonri--as fine section Of county as sun
ever shORe.npon, and saretO be covered With
q teeming population and scores OF PROSPER
ols cities and towns. The new line VIII be
much shorter than the line entering Calves
ton, and Lake Charles, the CaIeasien river
and Caleasieu lake afford q lne channel Of
deep water for the accommodation Of sea-
going vessels,
To be sure there must be sone dredging
4 done ON the bar at the mouth but q conn anV
i having capital Of 35 900, 600 viii not hest
tate 70 surTnouRt that little obstacle. What
clouds this enterprise with suspicious
shadow is the persistent advertising 81 Lake
Charles recently; epecious influences have
inFeigled number Of conventions agrieul
taEal and editorial In character, Into per
soAal inspection of its glorious opportunities
| IL an astronomical conclaye was suggested
TO take observations on the planet Jupiter
we have no doubt that Lake Charles by thl
same mysterious process, would be settief
Iners WOULD straightway be transported dow
the Calcasieu river TO view the splendid
1 worldly prospect
We 40 not forget that few days ago !
Michigan capitalist purchased ali The PIN
lands IA Western Louisiana or thst Mime
that some 30 Northern immigrants are com
Ing to the yicinity. "A singular coneentra
ton Of Northern Immigration TO that lOcaIit
has begn DOteed FOR some time. Did any
body give thom p0isAts n adVaace7
The fsaiTest0Hi9as who sent the dclegstiol
q business men TO Kansas City aud hay
+ dased the Arm0urs with fulseMe 1attesF 10
the sake o. handliag their pork, had bette
4 beud their ears low down aud Listen.
II In tho 1aeantime we VIII just whisper /,
them that possibly Jay Could knows II
about the Lake Charles line, aid tie nel
and short Foute may b utilized very exte1
sirelg N getting grain 10 eeR ID shlEs, unol
stFuetod 5y maUy impedimeaEe and ancei
4 taiRtieE tnfrnAnding GalEeas0R
We exka1d our c0netalalafiong 70 Isak
Charles, and We wish tie gigosoaa aud f0ui
fishing young city All possible Success.
We are satisfied there * Hilli0ns n Il
neH railroad, and ltOaght 70 be pnssaed Vii
enaFgy n en early completion